Archive for Mai 2010

Slang:ants in your pants
= be nervous or anxious or jumpy; to be unable to sit still
= a arde de dorinţă
= a fi excitat
= a fi neliniştit
= a fi nerăbdătorProverb:A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
= one sure thing is better than two maybes
= nu da vrabia din mână pe cioara de pe gardQuote:Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.Lucrurile ies cel mai bine pentru oamenii care scot ce e mai bun în modul în care se întâmplă lucrurile.
– John Wooden

Word of the Day:personnel officer
= manager responsible for recruitment, training and welfare of personnel
= director al personaluluiIdiom:it boils down to
E.g. What it all boils down to is he is leaving.
= the basic result something will produce.
= în esenţă, e vorba de

Quote:„The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
„Singurul fel de a avea prieteni este de a fi prieten.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Idiom:have a hold of something –
• to have complete control of something or someone.
• a avea control complet asupra cuiva sau ceva.
E.g. Since the release of their new product the company has a hold of the market.